Daily News on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
A drug sweep by the North Central Narcotics Task Force resulted in the arrest of 14 people on the campus of Mississippi Valley State University earlier this morning. Three of the arrested individuals have been confirmed as members of the Delta Devils football team, but it is currently unknown how many other students were charged [...]
Dr. Diana Perdue, a professor of mathematics and computer science at Virginia State University, has been named a 2010 faculty recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship. As a Fulbright scholar, Dr. Perdue is working to transform concepts and training methods in Rwandan institutes of higher learning. Perdue, who will work in Rwanda as a Fulbright Scholar [...]
Jeff Ruland is in the midst of rebuilding the University of the District of Columbia’s men’s basketball team, but his work in Diamond City hasn’t stopped him from dropping the bomb on his previous employer, Iona College. Ruland (who is white) says that his relationship with an African-American woman ultimately cost him his job. From [...]
Fayetteville State University and North Carolina A&T State University will be host institutions for a traveling forum “Race, Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty.” Locally sponsored by the Innocence and Justice Clinic, the N.C. Coalition for a Moratorium and the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, the event will present advocates and legislators responsible for [...]
Attorneys for Delaware State University say the establishment of a new competitive cheering squad more than accommodates fulfillment of Title IX requirements called into question by a lawsuit from members and recruits of a cut women’s equestrian program at the school. DSU’s lawyers point to participation numbers from the Department of Education which show Delaware [...]
After weeks of trouble with campus fire code issues, student protests over cleanliness, and crime, Benedict College is now facing backlash over alleged emails sent to the student body instructing its members not to speak with news media. From the local FOX affiliate: Students say they received an email from college officials telling them to [...]
A recent recipient of the ProQuest/UMI Distinguished Thesis Award from the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools, Bowie State University graduate school alumnus Natalie McCarter’s research on guidance counselors’ perceptions of Maryland HBCUs can be described as nothing less than groundbreaking. McCarter’s work provides scientific background for how HBCUs can redefine perspectives on their mission [...]
The Alabama House of Representatives presented Tuskegee President Dr. Benjamin Payton with a resolution last week, commending him for “outstanding achievement and dedicated service.” The commendation details Payton’s accomplishments, including: the move from Institute to University status; establishing the Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James Center for Aerospace Science Engineering and Health Education, launching the Tuskegee University [...]
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will receive a six-figure donation from the nearby Peninsula Regional Medical Center to fund a faculty position in the school’s Physician Assistant Department. “This collaboration between Peninsula Regional and UMES will further expand the training and educational opportunities available at the University,” said Thomas Lawrence, MD, MBA, CMO/Vice President [...]
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md), will meet with students at Bowie State University this afternoon to discuss the impact of health care reform on young Americans, and to talk about new changes to the federal student lending programs. Two immediate benefits of the new law will be the expansion of dependent coverage through age [...]
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Albany State Presents Former Coca-Cola Executive Adrienne Johnson
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Fisk Jubilee Singers at the Annual African American Music Gala